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The Moon on Sunday, November 23, 2008: Waning Crescent, 16% lit

Waning · 16.1% lit · ♎︎ Libra 14°

Moon age

25.5days

Moon phase on November 23, 2008Waning Crescent

Sunday 23 November 2008394,689 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, November 23, 2008, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 16.1% of its visible face lit, 25.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

16.1%Illumination at noon UTC
25.5 dMoon age
394,689 km245,249 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (15°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 23, 2008 is on Thursday, November 13, 2008 at 06:17 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, November 27, 2008 at 16:55 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, November 19, 200821:31
New Moon (after)Thursday, November 27, 200816:55

The Moon around November 23

More about this date

Sunday, November 23, 2008 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 28, 2008 to the new moon of November 27, 2008, a cycle of 29.74 days.